[PD] Meaning of cosinesum and sinesum arguments

2009-07-19 Thread David F. Place
Hi, all. I've been trying to find a definition of the cosinesum and sinesum messages for arrays. Obviously, the first argument is the size of the array. The list of numbers that follow obviously relate to the harmonic partials in some way, but I'm not sure exactly how. Would someone please

Re: [PD] Pd suddenly crashing

2009-04-06 Thread David F. Place
Amazingly, it just started working again. I think a likely explanation is that my soundcard got into a bizarre state and needed to be power cycled. Thanks for your help and sorry for the bother. On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 11:33 +0200, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: David F. Place wrote: Hello

[PD] Pd suddenly crashing

2009-04-05 Thread David F. Place
Hello: I have been using Pd quite happily under linux. Suddenly it will not start at all. This is the error message I get: [da...@congo pd]$ pd pd: interval_inline.h:52: snd_interval_single: Assertion `!snd_interval_empty(i)' failed. Pd: signal 6 [da...@congo pd]$ pd_gui: pd process

[PD] Switching from Vanilla to Extended

2009-01-09 Thread David F. Place
Hi, All. Sorry if this is a FAQ. Normally I use vanilla pd. When I load my patches in Pd-extended, there are different fonts and the alignment of objects is spoiled. Is there a way to use Pd-extended and have my patches look they way they do in Pd-vanilla? Cheers, David

[PD] Debugging Sound II: Experimenting with Foldover

2008-11-26 Thread David F. Place
Hi, All. Playing with C01.nyquist.pd in the documentation, it occurred to me that I can satisfy myself experimentally that I have overcome my foldover problems just by implementing a sweep of the fundamental frequency and listening for swoops of folded over partials heading in the opposite

Re: [PD] Debugging Sound II: Experimenting with Foldover

2008-11-26 Thread David F. Place
! D. David F. Place wrote: Hi, All. Playing with C01.nyquist.pd in the documentation, it occurred to me that I can satisfy myself experimentally that I have overcome my foldover problems just by implementing a sweep of the fundamental frequency and listening for swoops of folded

Re: [PD] Understanding Oversampling

2008-11-11 Thread David F. Place
filter to do the application of oversampling. To change the value of 7500 or 16, adjust beta accordingly and repeat. cheers Miller _ David F. Place [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management

[PD] Understanding Oversampling

2008-11-11 Thread David F. Place
Hello: I'm trying to understand J07.oversampling.pd. Is the structure of the 3-pole, 3-zero Butterworth low-pass filter specific to the 16x upsampling? Should it be different for 32x upsampling? Cheers, David ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list

Re: [PD] Understanding Oversampling

2008-11-11 Thread David F. Place
to 7500 Hz. Instead, we would want them set to 15kHz as the comment says? well, I tried it both ways, and I think it's a tradeoff. I updated the patch (grab a new one from http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/tmp/) for details. cheers Miller _ David F. Place [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PD] Some examples of my work with Pd

2008-11-07 Thread David F. Place
On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 23:34 -0600, Mike McGonagle wrote: David, this is interesting. Do you have any plans to share these patches? I would be interested in seeing how you handled the Just Intonation stuff. My Pd patches implement a sequencer where pitch is controlled by a triple of (octave,

[PD] Some examples of my work with Pd

2008-11-06 Thread David F. Place
Hi, all. I uploaded some examples of my work with Pd to puredata.info. They are renaissance motets that I've synthesized in Just Intonation. Hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think. Cheers, David http://puredata.info/community/tracks ___

[PD] Scope of [block~] and [switch~]

2008-10-20 Thread David F. Place
Hi, I am trying to understand oversampling to eliminate foldover from my patches. In the help file for block~ we read: The block~ and switch~ objects set the block size, overlap, and up/down-sampling ratio for the window. (The overlap and resampling ratio are relative to

Re: [PD] Scope of [block~] and [switch~]

2008-10-20 Thread David F. Place
Thanks again, Derek. I couldn't find any documentation for samplerate~, but I guessed that the output would be a number and that I should probably bang the input to get it. It shows that the up-sampled rate from block is passed down to abstractions. On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 14:57 +0200, Derek

Re: [PD] Scope of [block~] and [switch~]

2008-10-20 Thread David F. Place
On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 15:29 +0200, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: yes, all subpatches share the same signal-properties with regard to the super-patch (unless further overriden of course). So, I added [block~ 4096 1 16] to my next to top level abstraction and now I get the following errors:

Re: [PD] Scope of [block~] and [switch~]

2008-10-20 Thread David F. Place
On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 15:50 +0200, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: the warning is misleading though: Pd simply refuses to [throw~]/[catch~] or [s~]/[r~] with anything other than the standard 64-sample, no-overlap, no-resampling signal. I see. I changed all of my throws and catches to direct

[PD] block~ vs. freeverb~

2008-10-20 Thread David F. Place
Hi, Now that I have upsampling working, I hear that the output of freeverb~ is completely different when it is computed in an upsampled environment. There's hardly any reverb effect at all. Any ideas? Cheers, David ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list

Re: [PD] block~ vs. freeverb~

2008-10-20 Thread David F. Place
On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 20:08 +0200, Derek Holzer wrote: Multiply the decay time by the same factor that you are upsampling? There isn't a parameter that corresponds directly to decay time? Fooling with the parameters doesn't make much difference. ___

Re: [PD] block~ vs. freeverb~

2008-10-20 Thread David F. Place
On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 20:52 +0200, Derek Holzer wrote: My guess is that [freeverb~] calculates the decay time in samples somehow, thus the very short reverb times at very fast sampling rates. Alternately, move [freeverb~] out of the upsampled subptach, it's probably eating tons of CPU by

[PD] Debugging sound

2008-10-18 Thread David F. Place
Hi, So, I've created some complex Pd patches that do what I want very nicely. I decided to write some of my creations to CD. Listening to the selections on my good CD player with excellent headphones, I heard some acoustical artifacts that I hadn't noticed when I was working in front of my

Re: [PD] Debugging sound

2008-10-18 Thread David F. Place
Thanks, Derek. You hit the nail on the head. The patch in the example you cite perfectly demonstrates the sound I am hearing. Now, I must work to understand it to apply it to my case. I must get a copy of Miller's book! On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 00:13 +0200, Derek Holzer wrote: Check

[PD] Bizzare problem with freeverb~

2008-09-26 Thread David F. Place
Hi: I would like to do some batch processing into .wav files. This should be easily accomplished by running pd with -noaudio and -nogui. It almost works. I run my signal through [freeverb~] just before output. If I run the patch with -nogui, freeverb~ is bypassed and the sound is dry. In

Re: [PD] ALSA + Edirol UA-25 not working under Fedora 9

2008-08-01 Thread David F. Place
On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 09:39 -0400, David F. Place wrote: Hi: Foolishly, I upgraded my perfectly configured workstation from Fedora 5 to Fedora 9. Since then I've been struggling to regain my position. I was happily using my Edirol UA-25 under ALSA with Pd, but now that doesn't work

[PD] ALSA + Edirol UA-25 not working under Fedora 9

2008-08-01 Thread David F. Place
Hi: Foolishly, I upgraded my perfectly configured workstation from Fedora 5 to Fedora 9. Since then I've been struggling to regain my position. I was happily using my Edirol UA-25 under ALSA with Pd, but now that doesn't work. It gives a perplexing error message. Perhaps someone has seen it.

[PD] Improved bug report: [expr] on Windows 2000 (XP non-professional)

2008-03-01 Thread David F. Place
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[PD] Pd-0.41-2.msw.exe is missing [expr]

2008-03-01 Thread David F. Place
: If you install Pd-0.41-2.msw.exe on a fresh computer, it does not work. It's missing [expr]. ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account

[PD] Expr on Windows XP

2008-02-29 Thread David F. Place
not to be present. Even exponential.pd in the Audio Examples doesn't work. I am using Pd version 0.41-2. Thanks in advance. Cheers, David ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at

Re: [PD] Letter - Number

2008-02-13 Thread David F. Place
used as a rehearsal letter), so it is quite an ugly patch. David F. Place wrote: Dear Pd Friends: I need to create a mapping from letters into numbers: (A-1,a-1,B-2,b-2,...) I want to be able to enter a letter into a symbol box and translate it to the number. This will allow me to enter

[PD] [key] vs symbolatom [Was: Re: Letter - Number]

2008-02-13 Thread David F. Place
a symbolatom is selected for input. Does anyone agree? ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http://lists.puredata.info

[PD] Letter - Number

2008-02-12 Thread David F. Place
think of very unattractive ways to do this in Pd using select. Is there an elegant way? Best Wishes, David ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: [PD] writesf~ question

2007-08-11 Thread David F. Place
. That's what I'll do. Also, the control to stop the recording must also send a stop to cancel the delay. Failing to do so could lead to some very hard to debug behavior. ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PD] writesf~ question

2007-08-10 Thread David F. Place
the message Linux hates itself. :-) ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list

Re: [PD] writesf~ question

2007-08-10 Thread David F. Place
On Aug 10, 2007, at 9:39 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, David F. Place wrote: A feature request, then. writesf~ should take a message to set a maximum size avoiding an operating system panic. ...or just print the message Linux hates itself. :-) I suggest to print

[PD] writesf~ question

2007-08-09 Thread David F. Place
it to quit if a file exceeds a maximum size? Thanks. Cheers, David ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http

[PD] Midi controller for use with Pd

2007-06-08 Thread David F. Place
work, but they seem like overkill with all their pre-programmed effects and sounds. Has anyone any experience using a simple device like a trigger pad for a midi drum kit? Maybe something like the Roland PD-8? Cheers, David ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F. Place

[PD] USB Sound card

2007-05-04 Thread David F. Place
mention it to give an idea of the quality level that I desire. Cheers, David ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http

Re: [PD] USB Sound card

2007-05-04 Thread David F. Place
, but otherwise is good and inexpensive. I use one on my laptop.) ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http://lists.puredata.info

Re: [PD] USB Sound card

2007-05-04 Thread David F. Place
an Edirol UA-25 with which I'm quite happy (2 channel analog|digital audio I/O, MIDI). -- Bryan Jurish There is *always* one more bug. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F

[PD] Stupid Symbol Processing

2007-03-20 Thread David F. Place
of it. Sorry in advance for the stupid question. Baffled, David ___ (---o---o-o-o---o-o-o( David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http://lists.puredata.info

Re: [PD] Stupid Symbol Processing

2007-03-20 Thread David F. Place
Of course, [select] is the right answer. symbol pd sure looks like a list of symbol followed by pd though. On Mar 20, 2007, at 9:46 AM, David F. Place wrote: [symbol pd-experts(, If I try to process (computer) keyboard inputs thus: [keyname] | [route r s

[PD] [msgfile] and [textfile] problems.

2007-03-06 Thread David F. Place
Recently, I sent a message complaining about the behavior of [textfile].I learned about [msgfile] in the zexy library and thought it would solve my problems, but it has not. I have distilled my complaints in the attached patch. 1.) [textfile] blows the stack on too low a number. The

Re: [PD] [msgfile] and [textfile] problems.

2007-03-06 Thread David F. Place
Whoops. Here are the versions: Pd 0.41 zexy 2.1 Fedore core 4 64-bits David F. Place wrote: Recently, I sent a message complaining about the behavior of [textfile].I learned about [msgfile] in the zexy library and thought it would solve my problems, but it has

Re: [PD] [msgfile] and [textfile] problems.

2007-03-06 Thread David F. Place
] | \ [print] [send bang to right inlet of until when finished] marius. David F. Place wrote: Recently, I sent a message complaining about the behavior of [textfile].I learned about [msgfile] in the zexy library and thought it would solve my problems, but it has not. I have distilled my

[PD] Thanks for you patience.

2007-03-06 Thread David F. Place
I figured out how to do what I want with [until]. Sorry for being so dense. I have a strong leaning toward recursive solutions as I have been programming exclusively in Haskell for years. #N canvas 243 71 993 768 10; #X obj 15 13 zexy; #X obj 366 135 until; #X msg 201 110 print; #X msg 287

[PD] Local Tables

2007-03-06 Thread David F. Place
] which seems more in the style of everything else. Cheers, David --o---o-o-o---o-o-o--- David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list

Re: [PD] Local Tables

2007-03-06 Thread David F . Place
On Mar 6, 2007, at 6:07 PM, Claude Heiland-Allen wrote: message to table | [s $0-foo] Perfect! Thanks. --o---o-o-o---o-o-o--- David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management

Re: [PD] Can't compile zexy [was: Re: [textfile] behavior]

2007-03-05 Thread David F. Place
On Mar 5, 2007, at 3:03 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: where did you get zexy from? from CVS? or is it a source release from pd.iem.at ? I got it from ftp://iem.at/pd/externals/ZEXY --o---o-o-o---o-o-o--- David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PD] [textfile] behavior

2007-03-04 Thread David F. Place
that helps... roman On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 20:50 -0500, David F. Place wrote: Pd: I am writing a sequencer using Pd and have bumped into the following problem. I would like to be able to position the textfile object to start playback from a certain record. The approach I have taken works

Re: [PD] [textfile] behavior

2007-03-04 Thread David F. Place
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[PD] [textfile] behavior

2007-03-03 Thread David F. Place
Pd: I am writing a sequencer using Pd and have bumped into the following problem. I would like to be able to position the textfile object to start playback from a certain record. The approach I have taken works for small files, but breaks down for large files. I've abstracted the

[PD] Difference in behavior between OS X and Linux (Linux is Broken)

2007-02-21 Thread David F. Place
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[PD] System Versions for previous message.

2007-02-21 Thread David F. Place
Since my last message morphed from a plea for help to a bug report, I guess I should give the relevant info. Mac OS X 10.4.8 / Pd 0.39-2 Fedora 4 / Pd 0.39-2 --o---o-o-o---o-o-o--- David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PD-list@iem.at

Re: [PD] System Versions for previous message.

2007-02-21 Thread David F. Place
messes up the audio. cheers Miller On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 11:05:15AM -0500, David F. Place wrote: Since my last message morphed from a plea for help to a bug report, I guess I should give the relevant info. Mac OS X 10.4.8 / Pd 0.39-2 Fedora 4 / Pd 0.39-2 --o---o-o-o---o-o-o

Re: [PD] System Versions for previous message.

2007-02-21 Thread David F. Place
On Feb 21, 2007, at 2:19 PM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: are you by chance running a 64bit OS? (i guess FC3 does not support x86_64 but who knows...) Yes, I am running a 64bit OS. I'll try upgrading to 0.41 too. --o---o-o-o---o-o-o--- David F. Place mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PD] System Versions for previous message.

2007-02-21 Thread David F. Place
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Re: [PD] System Versions for previous message.

2007-02-21 Thread David F. Place
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[PD] Noop message.

2007-02-17 Thread David F. Place
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